Hose-suppokter



J. J. HRUBY.

HOSE SUPPORTER.

APPLICATION nuso APR.22. 1918.

1,317,876. Patented Oct. 7,1919.

l V/TNESSES A TTORNEY JOSEPH J. HRUBY, OF ST. JOSEPH, MISSOURI.

HOSE-SUPPORTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. '7, 1919.

Application filed April 22. 1918. Serial No. 230.107.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JosEPH J. HRUBY, a citizen of the United States, residing at St. Joseph, in the county of Buchanan and State of Missouri, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Hose-Supporters, of-

In the accompanying drawing, which illustrates the. preferred embodiment of my in-' vention,

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a threequarter stocking shown applied to a persons leg and which is provided with my improvement.

Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig. 1, showing a full-length stocking provided with my improvement.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged side elevation of a part of a stocking provided with my improvement.'

Fig. 4 is a horizontal sectional view on the line 44 of Fig.

Similar reference characters designate similar parts in the different views.

, 1 designates the leg of a three quarter length stocking. preferably of the knit type and, therefore, being somewhat elastic and which is provided at its upper end with a hemmed portion 2 which forms a circumferentially disposed pocket 3, Fig. 4, in which is mounted one end of a circumferentially disposed strap 4, which is secured to and preferably extends only partly around the leg of the stocking, and v which extends through a longitudinal slit 5 to the exterior of the leg of the stocking.

' The exterior or free portion of the strap .4 is provided with one or more button holes 6 disposed. in a longitudinal row and adapted to receive therethrough a button 7, which is located at the outside of the leg and which is attached to a reinforcing member 8, pref- 'erably a piece of cloth mounted in the pocket 3 and secured to the leg of the stocking by sewing or other suitable means.

The strap 4 is preferably non-elastic and may be of some suitable material, such as cloth. While I have shown the free end of the strap releasably attached to the stocking by a button, any suitable fastening means may be employed, such as a snap hook or buckle not shown, for effecting this function.

In the application of my invention to a full-length stocking, as shown in Fig. 2, the leg 9 of the stocking at a point above the calf has a circumferential doubled hem portion 9, between the folds of which is a pocket, similar to the pocket 3, in which is secured one end of a strap 4, such as has been described, provided with one or more button holes 6 adapted to receive a button 7 secured to a reinforcing member 8 secured in the pocket 9. The leg 9 has a slit 5 through which the strap 4 extends as described with reference to the three-quarter length'stocking. In this form of my invention, any other suitable means for fastening the free end of the strap may be employed.

In operating my invention, when the stocking is in itsproper position on the leg of the wearer, the strap 4 1s fastened to the button 7, thus drawing the stockin tight around the leg and holding it secure y in it proper position.

By having a plurality of button holes arranged in a longitudinal row in the strap, the support is adapted for such different adjustments as its use may require. When a knit stocking is employed, the strap 4 may be' non-elastic, such small degree of, elasticity as may be required being provided by the elasticity of the stocking leg. By having the strap extending only partly around the leg of the stocking, the elasticity of the stocking is available for obtaining a yieldingly snug fit. If the stocking is of non-elastic material, the strap 4 may, if desired, be elastic.

I do not limit my invention to the structure shown and described, as modifications, within the scope of the appended claim, may be made without departing from the spirit of my invention.

What I claim is:-

In a hose supporter, a knit stocking having in the leg a circumferentially disposed pocket, 21. non-elasticstrap having one end mounted in said pocket and extending only partly around the leg of the stocking and secured to the leg and having a free portion forcing member at the exterior of said leg extending outwardly from the pocket to the and adapted to be inserted through any one exterior of the leg and having its free porof said button-holes for releasably engaging 10 tion provided with a plurality of buttonsaid strap.

5 holes arranged in a longitudinal row, a rein- In testimony whereof I have signed my forcing member in said pocket secured to name to this specification.

said leg and a button secured to said rein- JOSEPH J. HRUBY. 

